A true confutation of a false and lying pamphlet entituled, A divelish designe by the Papists to blow up the citty [sic] of Oxford with gunpowder, on Thursday the 13. of January 1641.
      
       
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             A true confutation of a false and lying pamphlet entituled, A divelish designe by the Papists to blow up the citty [sic] of Oxford with gunpowder, on Thursday the 13. of January 1641.
             Tolson, John, 1575 or 6-1644.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [Oxford :
             1641]
          
           
             Caption title.
             Initial letter.
             Imprint suggested by Wing.
             Signed: Io. Tolson vicecan. Oxon. deput., and 8 others.
             Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           A
           TRVE
           CONFVTATION
           OF
           A
           FALSE
           AND
           LYING
           PAMPHLET
           
             ENTITVLED
             ,
             A
             Divelish
             designe
             by
             the
             Papists
             to
             blow
             up
             the
             Citty
             of
          
           OXFORD
           
             with
             Gunpowder
             ,
             on
          
           
             
               Thursday
               the
            
             13.
             
               of
               January
            
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           TO
           All
           to
           whom
           these
           presents
           shall
           come
           .
           Whereas
           there
           have
           lately
           been
           diverse
           false
           reports
           in
           printed
           Pamphlets
           ,
           and
           otherwise
           raised
           ,
           &
           dispersed
           ,
           of
           
             a
             Divellish
             designe
             by
             Papists
             to
             blow
             up
             the
             Citty
             of
             Oxford
             with
             Gunpowder
             .
          
           And
           that
           for
           the
           effecting
           thereof
           ,
           there
           were
           found
           upon
           a
           search
           by
           Officers
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           
             Starre
          
           neere
           
             Carfoxe
             ,
          
           two
           and
           twenty
           Barrels
           of
           Gunpowder
           ,
           two
           Barrels
           of
           Shott
           and
           Bullets
           ,
           and
           great
           store
           of
           Warlike
           Amunition
           ,
           as
           Shovells
           ,
           Spades
           ,
           Pick-axes
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           with
           compleat
           Armes
           for
           one
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           men
           .
           These
           are
           to
           certifie
           ,
           that
           upon
           examination
           of
           the
           premises
           ,
           We
           can
           find
           no
           foundation
           of
           truth
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           neither
           was
           there
           found
           at
           the
           said
           signe
           of
           the
           
             Starre
             ,
          
           any
           powder
           ,
           shott
           ,
           Bullets
           ,
           or
           other
           warlike
           Amunition
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           was
           placed
           there
           by
           the
           Lord
           Lieve-tenant
           ,
           and
           Deputie
           Lieve-tenants
           of
           the
           Countie
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           wherealso
           the
           Magazin
           and
           store
           of
           powder
           ,
           and
           Amunition
           for
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           hath
           for
           many
           yeares
           before
           been
           kept
           ,
           nor
           doth
           any
           cause
           appeare
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Gunpowder
           and
           Amunition
           ,
           was
           intended
           to
           be
           disposed
           of
           ,
           or
           imployed
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           Lord
           Lieve-tenant
           ,
           and
           Deputie
           Lieve-tenants
           of
           the
           said
           County
           .
           And
           whereas
           these
           false
           reports
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           great
           Injury
           ,
           and
           prejudice
           of
           Mr
           
             Thomas
             Williams
          
           who
           keepeth
           the
           said
           Inne
           .
           These
           are
           moreover
           to
           certifie
           that
           the
           said
           Mr
           
             Thomas
             Williams
          
           is
           of
           very
           good
           repute
           within
           the
           said
           Citty
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           conformable
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           no
           way
           addicted
           to
           Popery
           ,
           and
           most
           unlikely
           to
           comply
           ,
           or
           confederate
           with
           any
           bad
           or
           popish
           designe
           ,
           against
           his
           King
           or
           Country
           .
           And
           whereas
           the
           said
           reports
           have
           by
           some
           been
           pretended
           to
           be
           founded
           on
           some
           letters
           or
           speeches
           of
           one
           
             Martin
             Wright
          
           Alderman
           of
           the
           Citty
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           the
           said
           Alderman
           doth
           utterly
           disclaime
           to
           have
           given
           any
           colour
           to
           the
           said
           reports
           by
           his
           subscription
           hereunto
           .
        
         
           
             In
             Witnesse
             whereof
             ,
             We
             have
             subscribed
             our
             names
             .
             Dated
             at
             
               Oxford
            
             
               the
               seventh
               day
               of
               
                 February
              
               1641.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Io.
                   Tolson
                
                 Vicecan
                 .
                 Oxon.
                 deput
              
               
                 
                   Leonard
                   Bowman
                
                 Major
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Samuel
                   Fell
                
                 Deane
                 of
                 Christ-Church
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Pinck
                
                 Warden
                 of
                 New
                 Colledge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Christopher
                   Potter
                
                 Provost
                 of
                 Queenes
                 Colledge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Gilbert
                   Sheldon
                
                 Warden
                 of
                 All-soules
                 Colledge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   Saunders
                
                 Principall
                 of
                 St
                 Mary
                 Hall
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Henry
                   Sowtham
                
                 Alderman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Martin
                   Wright
                
                 Alderman
                 .